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The Atomic Birdhouse28 Jul 2016
As I mentioned in my last post, last week I did a talk at iOSDevCamp DC where I talked about UIStackView, a relatively new UIKit class that’s my new favorite thing in iOS development.
The Atomic Birdhouse25 Feb 2016
Just use NSDate, right? The obvious choice for handling dates in iOS and OS X apps is NSDate. It’s obvious, right? It’s got “date” right in its name, doesn’t it? And that’s the thing about NSDate.
The Atomic Birdhouse16 Mar 2015
Over the past month or so I’ve been diving into Swift, after many years of working with Objective-C on Macs and iOS. It’s been a change but, gradually, I’m learning the Swift way of doing things.
The Atomic Birdhouse20 Nov 2014
Since iOS app extensions run as part of a host application rather than as part of their containing app (i.e. your app’s extensions run in somebody else’s app), data sharing isn’t automatic.
The Atomic Birdhouse19 Nov 2014
iOSDevCamp Colorado was a couple of weeks ago and I did a presentation/demo on iOS app extensions.
The Atomic Birdhouse3 Oct 2014
Recently I’ve been working on some iOS 8 app extensions, and I’ve run into a few non-obvious details that might come in handy for anyone else in the same situation.
The Atomic Birdhouse17 Jun 2014
After my past travails using iCloud with Core Data, I was both interested and concerned when Apple announced CloudKit at WWDC 2014.
The Atomic Birdhouse9 Jun 2014
My Passbook and iBeacon enabled business card was something of a hit at WWDC last week. Some people wanted more detail on how it worked or how to create their own version.
The Atomic Birdhouse30 May 2014
I’ll be in San Francisco during WWDC next week (though without a ticket). This is the only time of year I ever think about business cards, and this year I decided that paper business cards suck and...
The Atomic Birdhouse12 Apr 2014
Last year I did a series of posts here where I ran through problems I had encountered with Core Data’s iCloud integration, with various solutions and workarounds I had been able to devise.
The Atomic Birdhouse28 Oct 2013
If you’re writing an iOS app and you need to know the user’s current location, the answer is straightforward: use Core Location. That fires up device GPS (when available).
The Atomic Birdhouse10 Jul 2013
This week was DBX, Dropbox’s first ever developer conference. The big news as far as I’m concerned is their new Datastore API.
The Atomic Birdhouse14 May 2013
In this latest installment of my iCloud series I’ll be taking a look at real world iCloud. Not in the sense of how you should write code to make effective use of iCloud, but in the sense of finding...
The Atomic Birdhouse7 May 2013
In today’s installment of my continuing series on using iCloud with Core Data I’m going to discuss how factors beyond your control may render iCloud unusable, even if everything is working...
The Atomic Birdhouse15 Apr 2013
Today I’m continuing my series of iCloud/Core Data-related posts with a discussion of duplicate data, how and why it occurs, and what you can do about it in your apps.
The Atomic Birdhouse9 Apr 2013
As (link:/blog/icloud-sotu text:promised), I’m going to be doing a number posts on using iCloud with Core Data. I’m not sure how many there will be, I’ll keep going as long as it takes.
The Atomic Birdhouse3 Apr 2013
Update: This post is old but still accurate as far as comparing JSON with property lists, with examples for Objective-C code.
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